Dickey is a Scottish surname,

nickname A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...

, and given name. It may refer to:

People with the surname

Annamary Dickey Annamary Dickey (April 11, 1911 – June 1, 1999), also known as Annamary Dickey Laue, was an American soprano and actress in operas, operettas, musicals, night clubs, and concerts who had an active performance career from the 1930s through the ...

(1911–1999}. American actress *

Basil Dickey Basil Dickey (November 23, 1880 – June 17, 1958) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for more than 140 films between 1916 and 1958. He was born in Illinois and died in Long Beach, California. His brother was playwright and screenwri ...

(1880–1958), American screenwriter *

Bill Dickey William Malcolm Dickey (June 6, 1907 – November 12, 1993) was an American professional baseball catcher and manager. He played in Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees for 19 seasons. Dickey managed the Yankees as a player-manager in ...

(1907–1993), American baseball player and manager * Bronwen Dickey (born 1981), American writer and journalist *

Charles William Dickey Charles William “C.W.” Dickey (6 July 1871 – 25 April 1942) was an American architect famous for developing a distinctive style of Hawaiian architecture. He was known not only for designing some of the most famous buildings in Hawaii— ...

(1871–1942), American architect *

Christopher Dickey Christopher Swift Dickey (August 31, 1951 – July 16, 2020) was an American journalist, author, and news editor. He was the Paris-based world news editor for ''The Daily Beast''. He authored seven books, including ''Our Man in Charleston: Brita ...

(1951–2020) American writer *

Dale Dickey Diana Dale Dickey (born September 29, 1961) is an American character actress who has worked in theater, film, and television. She began her career on stage, performing in the 1989 Broadway version of ''The Merchant of Venice'', before appearing ...

(born 1961), American actress *

Darrell Dickey Darrell Ray Dickey (born December 6, 1959) is an American football coach who most recently coached for the Texas A&M Aggies football team. Before joining the Texas A&M staff he was the offensive coordinator at Memphis from the 2012 to 2017 ...

(born 1959), American football coach and former player *

Daryl Dickey Daryl Raymond Dickey (born June 11, 1961) is an American football administrator, former coach, and former player. He served as the head football coach at the University of West Georgia from 2008 through the 2013 season, and assumed the athleti ...

(born 1961), American football administrator, former coach, and former player *

Derrek Dickey Derrek Dickey (March 20, 1951 – June 25, 2002) was an American professional basketball player and sportscaster. Dickey was born in Cincinnati, the son of John and Ola Dickey. A 6'7" forward, Dickey starred at Purcell High School (now Purcell M ...

(1951–2000), American basketball player and sportscaster *

Dick Dickey Richard Lea Dickey (October 26, 1926 – July 3, 2006) was an American professional basketball player for the National Professional Basketball League's Anderson Packers and National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics, although he is best ...

(1926–2006), American basketball player *

Donald Ryder Dickey Donald Ryder Dickey (1887–1932) was an American ornithologist, mammalogist, and nature photographer. He collected 50,000 specimens and produced 7,500 photographs and moving images of nature subjects. At his death, his collection of bird and mam ...

(1887–1932) American animal photographer, ornithologist and mammalogist *

Doug Dickey Douglas Adair Dickey (born June 24, 1932) is an American former college football player and coach and college athletics administrator. Dickey is a South Dakota native who was raised in Florida and graduated from the University of Florida, wher ...

(born 1932), American former football player, coach and athletics administrator * Eldridge Dickey (1945–2000), American football player * E.M.O'R. Dickey (1894–1977), Irish wood engraver and arts administrator *

Eric Jerome Dickey Eric Jerome Dickey (July 7, 1961January 3, 2021) was an American author. He wrote several crime novels involving grifters, ex cons, and assassins, the latter novels having more diverse settings, moving from Los Angeles to the United Kingdom to ...

(1961–2021), African-American novelist and comedian * George Dickey (disambiguation) * James Dickey (disambiguation) *

Jay Dickey Jay Woodson Dickey Jr. (December 14, 1939 – April 20, 2017), was a Republican U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2001. The amendment known as the Dickey Amendment (1996) blocks the Centers for Diseas ...

(1939–2017), American politician * Jesse Column Dickey, US Congressman *

Jim Dickey James Dickey (March 22, 1934 – February 17, 2018) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Kansas State University from 1978 to 1985, compiling record of 24–54–2. In 1981, he redshirted 18 players, ...

(born 1934), American former football player and coach, father of Darrell Dickey * John Dickey (disambiguation) *

Lucinda Dickey Lucinda Dickey (born Lucinda Marie Henninger; July 9th, 1960) is an American former dancer and actress. She is best known for her leading role in the film ''Breakin (1984) and its sequel '' Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'' (1984). Early life D ...

(born 1960), American dancer and actress *

Lynn Dickey Clifford Lynn Dickey (born October 19, 1949) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, primarily with the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at Kansas State and was sele ...

(born 1949), American former football player *

R. A. Dickey Robert Allen Dickey (born October 29, 1974) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays and Atlanta Bra ...

(born 1974), American baseball pitcher *

Robert J. Dickey Robert J. Dickey (born ) is an American business executive. He served as the chief executive officer of the Gannett Company, a publisher of 85 newspapers including ''USA Today'', from 2015 to 2019. Early life Arif Aliyev was born on October 17, 1 ...

, American businessman *

Theophilus Lyle Dickey Theophilus Lyle Dickey (October 12, 1811 – July 22, 1885) was an Illinois jurist and military leader. Pre-war life Born in Paris, Kentucky, Colonel Dickey moved to Macomb, Illinois in 1834 to study law under Cyrus Walker and was admitted to t ...

(1811–1885), American lawyer, jurist and American Civil War Union Army colonel *

Whit Dickey Whit Dickey (born May 28, 1954) is an American drummer. He has recorded albums with David S. Ware and Matthew Shipp. Biography His first album as a leader was ''Transonic Transonic (or transsonic) flow is air flowing around an object at ...

(born 1954), American jazz drummer * William Dickey (disambiguation)

People with the nickname

Dickey Betts Forrest Richard Betts (born December 12, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. Early in his career, he collaborated with Duane Allman, introducing melodic tw ...

(born 1943), American guitarist *

Dickey Chapelle Georgette Louise Meyer (March 14, 1918 – November 4, 1965) known as Dickey Chapelle was an American photojournalist known for her work as a war correspondent from World War II through the Vietnam War. Early life Chapelle was born in Milw ...

(1919–1965), American photojournalist and war correspondent *

Dickey Kerr Richard Henry Kerr (July 3, 1893 – May 4, 1963) was an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball. He also served as a coach and manager in the minor leagues. Early life Kerr was born in St. Lou ...

(1893–1963), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Dickey Lee Royden Dickey Lipscomb (born September 21, 1936), known professionally as Dickey Lee (sometimes misspelled Dickie or Dicky), is an American pop/country singer and songwriter, best known for the 1960s teenage tragedy songs " Patches" and "Laurie ...

(born 1936), American pop/country singer and songwriter *

Dickey Pearce Richard J. Pearce (February 29, 1836 – September 18, 1908) known as Dickey Pearce was an American professional baseball playerDickey Simpkins LuBara Dixon "Dickey" Simpkins (born April 6, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player best known for his tenure with the Chicago Bulls in the late 1990s. He is currently a scout for the Washington Wizards. A 6' 9" forward/cen ...

(born 1973), American former National Basketball Association player

People with the given name

Dickey Nutt Dickey Albert Nutt (born June 13, 1959) is an assistant coach for the University of Missouri men's basketball team. His most recent head coaching position was at Southeast Missouri State University before being let go after the 2014-15 season. Bor ...

(born 1959), American college basketball coach

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